F-type star · yellow-white star

HR 5212

HR 5212 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Centaurus 172 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,490 K, about 1.1 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.70× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 172 years ago.

172 lybrightness mag 6.11F5/F6V

Also catalogued as HD 120759 · HIP 67696

6,490 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
8.70× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F5/F6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
172 years
at light speed from Earth
1.12×
as hot as the Sun
8.70×
the Sun's light output
2.50
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.